Christian Basketball Player Quotes

I would never recruit a player who yells at his teammates, disrespected his high school coach, or scores 33 points a game and his team goes 10-10. ~ Dean Smith

I'm playing against great players, playing against the best in the world. The competition-that's what I've always wanted. ~ Kobe Bryant

I hold it more important to hold the player's confidence than their affection. ~ Vince Lombardi

Offense at Indiana is not equal opportunity. Those players who shoot best are going to shoot most. It is important that every player know his offensive limitations. It is also important that a player know who the best shooter is on the team. When a passer has the option of passing to two players, I expect him to get the ball to the best shooter. I continually stop practice and ask players who the best shooter is and I expect them to know. It is important that you get the ball to your best shooter. ~ Bobby Knight

I started out as a football player. I liked to inflict pain. In basketball, it was the same thing. ~ Shaquille O'Neal

Flip's a player's coach, and I do know one thing, he motivates better than anybody I know. His system is very oriented around the point guard. He and Steph (Marbury) had a great relationship when Steph was in Minnesota. ~ Kevin Garnett

A lot of times things get blown out of proportion in a negative light, especially in the NBA, ... But there are a lot of players in the NBA who really care about the community and want to use their basketball-playing ability for a good cause. ~ Kobe Bryant

I don't see it happening unless every NBA player is given a stipend to buy clothes. ~ Marcus Camby

I'd heard stuff from out there that I was just another player, that I was too young. I wanted to show I could play with anybody. ~ Shaquille O'Neal

I think it was wishful thinking of me to dream of being an NBA player. And once I made the NBA I dreamed of being an All-Star, but I never dreamed of being an MVP. ~ Steve Nash

Basic dance
and I should qualify the word basic
is primarily concerned with motion. So immediately you will say but the basketball player is concerned with motion. That is so
but he is not concerned with it primarily. His action is a means towards an end beyond motion. In basic dance the motion is its own end
that is, it is concerned with nothing beyond itself. ~ Alwin Nikolais

In the original script, my character was a basketball player rather than a boxer. I didn't think I could pull that off. I'm a little short to be a basketball player! ~ Eddie Murphy

Work as hard as you can to become as good an individual player as you can to help your team win ~ Doug Collins

I don't need my players to like me. I need them to play for me ~ Jerry Sloan

In all my years one thing has never changed; You win with serious, tough-minded players. That never changes ~ Tom Thibodeau

I feel like I'm a basketball player in a football uniform. ~ Terrell Owens

Can your player make a curl cut and score in the lane? If so, he is the cutter. ~ Don Meyer

You have to defeat a great players aura more than his game. ~ Pat Riley

Basketball is a beautiful game when the five players on the court play with one heartbeat. ~ Dean Smith

I'm a basketball player. That's what I do and what I love but that's just not all who I am. I'm talented in a lot of different areas. ~ Kevin Durant

And I didn't fall in love with the game of basketball just because it was me playing. I fell in love with it Because I got guys like this, Like these guys every single day That push me to be the best player I can be. ~ Kevin Durant

How good can we expect to be if our best player is not our best teammate ~ Brad Stevens

To represent the United States in international competition is special recognition that not many players receive and I am really looking forward to helping USA Basketball regain its status in international basketball. ~ Jermaine O'Neal

It's kind of like ... It's kind of like playin' a basketball game. I am there and the other player is there, and it's just the two of us and I put the other player's body in my van. And I am the winner. ~ Chris Onstad

I'm fighting against becoming soft. That's the worst thing you can say to a basketball player. ~ Dennis Rodman

Players should know that if you can't make the contribution of the winning shot, that your attitude every day when you come to practice, or the positive contribution you make through cheering and keeping up team morale, is just as important in the overall picture. ~ Sue Wicks

Players who are late say that their time is more important than the team. ~ Don Meyer

On good teams coaches hold players accountable, on great teams players hold players accountable ~ Joe Dumars

At that moment, what Kagami felt was no longer frustration or defeat. It was a pure feeling of respect. Because Aomine had reached the pinnacle as a basketball player. ~ Tadatoshi Fujimaki

I worked every day - Christmas Eve, birthdays - trying to become a great basketball player. Everywhere I went, I had a basketball. ~ Harvey Mason, Jr.

I didn't want to become a reserve player, or a bench player, and it was time to move on and take on another challenge. ~ Julius Erving

Baseball is a team game but, at the same time, it's a very lonely game: unlike in soccer or basketball, where players roam around, in baseball everyone has their little plot of the field to tend. When the action comes to you, the spotlight is on you but no one can help you. ~ Chad Harbach

Kobe's an incredibly talented athlete, and there are many more like him among today's players. ~ Kareem Abdul-Jabbar